Combined wagon and sled.



W. E. WICKLINE.

COMBINED WAGON AND SLED.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1913.

Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO-L|THO., WASHINGTON. D. C.

W. E. WIOKLINB.

COMBINED WAGON AND SLED.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1913.

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nrirrnn snares WILLIAM E. WICKLINE, OF AKRON, OHIO.

COMBINED WAGON AND SLED.

Application filed November 20, 1913.

To alt "whom it may concern lie it known that I, lVILLIAM E. rom LINE, acitizen of the United States, residing at No. 62 Cook street, Akron, inthe county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combined Wagons and Sleds; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to vehicles, and more especially to those knownas sleds; and the object of the same is to produce an improvedconstruction for converting the sled into a wagon, or in other words avehicle traveling upon wheels instead of runners.

This object is carried out by constructing the device in the mannerhereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in thedrawings wherein rigure 1 1s a side elevation of tlns device with itsparts so disposed that it constitutes a sled, and Fig. 2 is a plan viewthereof. l ig. 3 is a rear end elevation thereof, and l'fig. & is across section on the line 4% of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinalsectional view of this device with its parts so arranged that itconstitutes a wagon, the same being taken on the line 55 of Fig. 6; Fig.6 is a rear elevation thereof; and Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line7-7 of Fig. 5.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a board which forms in one casethe top of a sled and in the other case the bottom of a wagon body.Secured across the bottom of this board near its front and rear ends arestrap irons 2 having eyes or knuckles 3 at their extremities, andthrough the eyes at each side of the board passes a rod 4: which formsthe pintle for a pair of hinges. The other leaves or members 5 of thehinges are upright straps having holes 6 for a purpose yet to appear andconstituting knees or braces, because their lower ends are secured at 7to a runner 8 which is preferably of T iron as shown, its forward endbeing turned upward and connected with the rod and its rear end beingturned up sharply and preferably connected therewith by pro viding itwith an eye which is passed over the rod, and screwing a nut 9 onto therear end of the latter. Rings 10 are by preference connected with thefront ends of the runners, and these in turn may be connect ed with acord 11 by means of which the Specification of Letters Patent.

llatented liblar. 23, 1915.

Serial No. 802,090.

sled may be drawn from place to place. livoted to the rear end of onerunner at the point 12 is a link 13 having a notch it near its outer endadapted to engage a pin 15 in the rear end of the other runner, and whenthe runners are in use as seen in Fig. 1 this link stands below theboard 1, whereas when the runners are turned up and constitute the sidesof the wagon body this link stands above the board 1 while yet servingto hold the runners (now the side boards) in this position as shown inFig. (i of the drawings.

The straps 2 which are secured across the bottom of the board also serveto carry front and rear bolsters and 21 respectively, to the forward ofwhich is pivoted the front axle 22 and to the rearward of which is secured the rear axle 23. Each axle has stub shaft 24 at its extremitieson which are mounted wheels 25, the latter being of such shape and sizethat they maystand inside the upright straps 5 when the runners areturned down as seen in Fig. l, and nuts 26 may screw onto the outerextremities of said stub shafts and outside said straps. hen however therunners are turned upward so that the device becomes a wagon, the nutsmust necessarily be removed to permit the turning upward of the runners,after which they are replaced upon the threaded ends of the stub shafts.The front axle may carry hounds as shown at 27, and the tongue 28 may bepivoted to these hounds at 29 and may underlie the axles, its rearportion being possibly engaged with a hook 30 carried beneath the rearaxle when the entire device is in use as a sled. Any suitable form ofreach 31 may be employed to connect the U axles. I would make the partsby preference entirely of metal, excepting possibly the board 1 and thetongue 28; but the materials and proportions of parts are not essentialto the successful operation thereof.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a board,straps secured across it near its front and rear ends and having eyes attheir extremities constituting knuckles, a rod mounted through the eyesalong each side of said board, a runner formed of a strap having itsfront end upbent an d secured to the forward end of said rod and itsrear end upbent sharply and perforated and passed over said rod, a nuton the rear end. of the latter behind. the rear end of the runner,upright straps connecting the runner with said rod and having eyesinterposed between those of said body straps, and means for detachablyconnecting the rear ends of the runners.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a board,straps secured across it near its front and rear ends and having eyes attheir extremities constituting knuckles, a rod mounted through the eyesalong each side of said board, a-runner formed of a strap having itsfront end upbent and secured to the forward end of said rod and its rearend upbent sharply and perforated and passed over said rod, a nut on therear end of the latter behind the rear end of the runner, upright strapsconnecting the runner with said rod and having eyes interposed betweenthose of said bodystraps, said upright straps having holes, axlescarried beneath said board and having threaded stub shafts at theirextremities adapted to pass through said holes, wheels on said stubshafts inside the upright straps, and nuts on the extremities of saidstub shaits, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a convertible Wagon and sled, the combination with a board, arunning gear consisting of axles carried by said board and 7 Wheels onsaid axles, and runners hinged at their upper edges to the sides of theboard and of greater height than said wheels; of a link pivotallyconnected to the rear end of one runner and having a notch in its freeend, and a pin in the rear end oi the other runner adapted to engagesaid notch when the runners are in either raised or lowered position.

at. In convertible wagon and sled, a

board, a running gear consisting of axles carried by said board andwheels on said axles, runners hinged at their upper edges to the sidesof said board and of greater height than said wheels to project belowthe latter when said runners are lowered, means to remy hand in presenceof two subscribing \\'itnesses.

WILLIAM NICKLINE.

Witnesses E. E. OTIs, EDNA M. Annnnson.

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Washington, D. C.

